about
Hi. I’m Laura.
I’m 59 years old. I’m a licensed teacher, a former real estate broker, and for the last several years I’ve been managing a luxury senior independent living community in Colorado — alongside my husband David, who I’ve been married to for thirty years.
We live in the community we manage. We work together every day. We are a family of people who live with focus challenges. Our brains are powerful tools that require a lower level of stimulation for the highest level of performance. Over the years we’ve had to figure out — through a lot of trial and a lot of error — what actually works for brains like ours.
This site is where I share what I’ve learned. Not what productivity culture says should work. Not what looks good on Pinterest. What actually works — for managing ADHD, for aging intentionally, for simplifying a complicated life, and for staying healthy and feeling good after 50.
A few things worth knowing
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I write from experience
Nothing here is theoretical. Every post comes from something I’ve lived, tried, failed at, or finally figured out. I’m not an expert. I’m a person who pays close attention.
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I believe in less
Less clutter, less noise, less doing things the complicated way when a simpler way exists. David and I have spent years deliberately simplifying our home, our routines, and our thinking. It has changed everything.
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I’m still figuring it out
I’m not writing from the other side of things. I’m writing from the middle of a real life — managing diabetes, navigating alternate learning styles, caring for aging parents, working toward early retirement, and trying to feel more like myself every year.
also
I make digital assets…
Just Enough Pages is my digital product shop — minimalist GoodNotes planners, marketing and financial tools. I make tools designed specifically for ADHD and minimalist brains. The same philosophy that drives this site: just enough structure, nothing extra, and a little grace built in for the hard days.
Nice blog, how I can comment on post? I was trying but can’t find form.
What a wonderful contribution!!!!!! Assisting those to read better, and maybe even understand better, a very very special calling!!!!!